AFCAT 2 2015 English Question Paper Online Practice
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:-
Patience is better than wisdom: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praisepatience, but few can practise it. It is a medicine which is good for all diseases, but it is not every gardenthat grows the herbs to make it with. Many people are born crying, live complaining and die disappointed.They think every other person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be heavy as lead, and yet if thetruth were known, it is their fancy rather than their fate that makes things go so hard with them. Many would be well off than what they think of.
Question #1
Which of the following is the most suitable explanation to the author’s remark that an “ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains”? Options
1) Wisdom can only be attained by practising patience.
2) Patience comes first, wisdom next.
3) Patience is essential for every achievement in life.
4) Without patience wisdom cannot be used properly.
Question #2
Which one is the most likely explanation, among the following, of the author’s metaphorical statement that “it is not every garden that grows the herbs to make it with”?
Options
1) Patience is a must for solving all our problems in life.
2) Patience is a rare herb that cures all diseases.
3) Patience is virtue of a highest order.
4) It is only a small number of people that are found observing patience in life.
Question #3
The writer’s remarks, “They think every person’s burden to be light and their own feathers to be as heavy as lead” is very significant. It means
Options
1) They are always worried and dejected.
2) They consider their own problems to be difficult to solve as compared with problems of other people.
3) They feel that they alone face serious problems while others have a nice time.
4) They remain very much worried about their own problem.
Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number:-
Life is an (4) series of challenges and opportunities to be seized. You have to plan for exercising the right career choices and (5) the right opportunities. Planned (6) rather than a hasty decision is (7) as far as your career is concerned. You need to (8) what occupational groups, (9) and type of organizations are suitable for you.
Question #4
4 Options
1) enticing
2) exciting
3) encharming
4) enhancing
Question #5
5
Options
1) catching
2) offsetting
3) grabbing
4) conceiving
Question #6
6
Options
1) delay
2) hindrance
3) application
4) execution
Question #7
7
Options
1) desirable
2) deciphered
3) inevitable
4) acceptable
Question #8
8
Options
1) check
2) classify
3) divide
4) analyse
Question #9
9
Options
1) specifications
2) limitations
3) qualifications
4) identification
Question #10
Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-
Nebulous
Options
1) Tiny
2) Vague
3) Insignificant
4) Inadequate
Question #11
Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-
Debilitate
Options
1) Weaken
2) Attack
3) Surmount
4) Destroy
Question #12
Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-
Anathema
Options
1) Religious Chant
2) Pun
3) Musical Subject
4) Curse
Question #13
Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-
Penchant
Options
1) Liking
2) Eagerness
3) Disability
4) Keenness
Question #14
Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-
Refractory
Options
1) Refreshing
2) Burdensome
3) Privileged
4) Manageable
Question #15
Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-
Insolent
Options
1) Sullen
2) Affable
3) Determined
4) Rich
Question #16
Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-
Acrimonious
Options
1) Legal
2) Severe
3) Cursive
4) Harmonious
Question #17
Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:-
Sceptic
Options
1) Cryptic
2) Believer
3) Support
4) Eminent
Question #18
Choose the word that best defines the given phrases:-
To hold something in leash
Options
1) To restrain
2) To disappoint
3) To dismiss
4) To discourage
Question #19
Choose the word that best defines the given phrases:-
To talk through one’s hat
Options
1) To speak fluently
2) To talk nonsense
3) To talk wisdom
4) To speak at random
Question #20
Choose the word that best defines the given phrases:-
To throw up the sponge
Options
1) To surrender or give up a contest
2) To offer a challenge
3) To become utterly disappointed
4) To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end
Question #21
Choose the word that best defines the given phrases:-
To get into hot waters
Options
1) To be impatient
2) To suffer a huge financial loss
3) To get into trouble
4) To be in a confused state of mind
Question #22
Choose the correctly spelt word:-
Options
1) Dolorous
2) Dolurous
3) Doloreus
4) Delorious
Question #23
Choose the correctly spelt word:-
Options
1) Condiut
2) Conduit
3) Connduit
4) Condeut
Question #24
Choose the correctly spelt word:-
Options
1) Gragarious
2) Gragerious
3) Gregarious
4) Grigareous
Question #25
Choose the correctly spelt word
Options
1) Intrensic
2) Intrinsic
3) Entrensic
4) Entrinsec
Question #26
Choose the correctly spelt word
Options
1) Sepulchral
2) Sepalchrle
3) Sepalchral
4) Sepulchrle
Question #27
Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms.
To flog a dead horse
Options
1) To act in a foolish way
2) To waste one’s efforts
3) To revive interest in an old subject
4) To revive old memories
Question #28
Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms.
A bull in a china shop
Options
1) A person who is very ugly but loves the beautiful things of life
2) A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocent people
3) A person who becomes too excited where no excitement is warranted
4) A rough and clumsy person at a place where skill and care are required
Question #29
Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms.
The alpha and the omega
Options
1) The beginning and the end
2) A nice act
3) The stars and the moon
4) Very costly
Question #30
Which word or words explains the meaning of the following idioms.
A fool’s errand
Options
1) A blunder
2) An impossible task
3) A useless undertaking
4) None of these
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